COLONY PRESENTATION

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Named after the British island of Jersey

founded in 1644

INDEX

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Religion

Founded

Region

Economics

Geography/Climate

Important Information

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Section 01

Lord Berkeley & Sir George Carteret

• Sir George Carteret: George Carteret (c. 1610 – 18 January 1680) was a the Governor of British Jersey, English statesman and soldier and one of the Lords Proprietors
• Sir William Berkeley (c. 1610 – 18 January 1680) governor of Virginia and one of the Lords Proprietors They aquired the land from King Charles II and made it their own colony named New Jersey.
• Reason for Founding: Trade and profits

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Middle regions

NEW JERSEY

Facts

The Middle Colonies are called the Breadbasket colonies, and the colonies in that region are New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

Religion

Religious Freedom

• New Jersey had religious freedom in its colony, and it wasnt dominated by any specific religion.

Economics

• Grew crops, mostly wheat.

Ways Colonists Earned Money

• Traded livestock

• Also traded lumber

• They built ships as well

Geography & Climate

Middle Colony

Climate

Soil

Geography

Geography: Mountains in the northeast, lowlands from Lake Ontario along the Canadian border. Atlantic coastal plain. The general geography of the Middle Colonies had a mix of the New England and Southern features.

Had fertile soil and land that was suited to farming.

Climate: The Middle Colonies had a mild climate with warm summers and mild winters that were suited to farming and agriculture

Important Info

FACT No. 1

It was a Royal Colony

FACT No. 2

Flax and hemp farms were established in the Middle Colonies furthering the textiles industry

FACT No. 3

The Colony became a state on December 18, 1787. For additional facts and info refer to the Change from Colonies to States